Improvement in clothes-driers



JOHN EMMERT, OIF DUNLEITH, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 108,575, dated October 25, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTHES-DRIERHS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN EMMERT, of Dunleith, in the county of JoDaviess and State of Illinois, have invented anewand nseful ImprovedDouble-acting Revolving Clothes-Reel; and I do hereby declare the fol`lowing to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains tomake and use tbe saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawingforming part of this specification.

My invention relates to an in'iprovelnent in devices for dryingclothes.l

The invention consists in applying certain new devices to a revolvingclothes-reel, of which the followf ingvis a description.

Figure l is a perspective vien ofthe device, showing the revolving reelin a level position also, the dotted lines in an inclined position, bothright and left, together with the rclntiveehanges of the machineryoperating it. v

'Figure 2 is a reverse side of the device, showing other portions of themachinery. v

Figure 3 is a vertical view otthe reel upon the nn der side.

To enable ot-liers skilled in the art to make and use my invention, lwill proceed to describe its construetion and operation.

a, in fig. 1, is the standard, in the top of which is pivoted a verticalaxle, b, with a horizontal arm, c, tol

the outer end of which is hinged connecting-rod d, which also connects abinge with arm e,.\vhioh.is pivoted, at the other end, to handle fandthe main standard, which, by being vibrated right and left, tips theaxle-arm C from avertical to any diagonal position required.

On said axle is the revolving reel g, which can be made to assume anydesired position, as shown in gs. l and 2in the dotted lines, and can befixed inv any position desired by means of the articulated circularsegment and pin device upon the top end of handle f, the object being toelevate the reel high out of ,the way when level, and still capable oi'being tipped In fig. 2, upon the under side of axle-plate, fittedl uponthe reel, are ratchet-notches h.'

Upon the standard below is a double pawl, I, so adapted that the reelcan revolve `freely when level, but when tipped either way, as shown bydotted lines, the pawl assumes also the proper position, and one horn orthe other of it plays into the ratchet device h., aiid prevents the reelfrom turning except one way, so that it can be loaded with garments, andrevolved around and upward until lilled, when it is returned to a levelposition again.

What I claim as niy invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. In combination with the vstandard a and revolving reel g, the angulararm b c, connecting-rod d, pivoted arm e, and the handle j, with itsioeking-pin, substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

2. The double-acting pawl device h., in combination with ratchet-teethon axle-plate h, for the purposes 'specilied r JOHN EMMERT.

iVitnesses:

G. H. FROST,

D. I. lownns.

